Legend of the Blue Sea

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Legend of the Blue Sea

Details

• Title: 푸른 바다의 전설 / Puleun Badaui Jeonseol
• Also known as: Remember the Blue Sea
• Genre: Romance, comedy, fantasy
• Episodes: 20 + 1 Special
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2016-Nov-16 to 2017-Jan-25
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
• Original Soundtrack: Legend of the Blue Sea OST

Synopsis

How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae’s friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung’s only hope for surviving in her strange new world. --MyDramaList

Cast

Main Cast

• Jun Ji Hyun as Se Hwa / Shim Chung (mermaid)
  • Shin Eun Soo (신은수) as teen Se Hwa
  • Kal So Won as child Se Hwa
• Lee Min Ho as Kim Dam Ryung / Heo Joon Jae (27, conman)
  • Jin Young as teen Dam Ryung / Joon Jae
  • Jun Jin Seo as child Joon Jae

Conmen

• Lee Hee Joon as Jo Nam Doo (31, golfer conman)
• Shin Won Ho as Tae Oh (25, hacker conman)

Heo Joon Jae's family

• Lee Ji Hoon as Heo Chi Hyun (27, Joon Jae's step-brother)
• Hwang Shin Hye as Kang Seo Hee (54, Joon Jae's step-mother, Cha Hyun's biological mother)
  • Oh Yun Ah (오연아) as younger Kang Seo Hee
• Choi Jung Woo as Heo Il Joong (59, Joon Jae's father)
• Na Young Hee as Mo Yoo Ran (54, Joon Jae's biological mother)
  • Shim Yi Young as younger Mo Yoo Ran

Cha Shi Ah's family

• Shin Hye Sun as Cha Shi Ah (27, KAIST researcher)
• Moon So Ri as Ahn Jin Joo (44, Daechi-dong mom)
• Lee Jae Won as Cha Dong Shik (40s, entrepreneur)

People who chase Joon Jae

• Sung Dong Il as Lord Yang (innkeeper) / Ma Dae Young (40s, prison-breaker)
• Park Hae Soo as Hong Dong Pyo (42, detective)

Extended Cast

• Shin Rin Ah as Seo Yoo Na (elementary school 1st grade student)
• Hong Jin Kyung as homeless woman (ep 3, 5, 9, 11, 15-17)
• Lee Ho Jae as old fisherman
• Ri Min
• Seo Bum Shik
• Jung Tae In (정태인)
• Seo Dong Won as Aquarium employee

Cameos

• Go Kyu Pil as Han Sung Tae (Myung-dong Capital CEO) (ep 1)
• Kim Sung Ryung as Jang Jin Ok (madam of Myung-dong Capital) (ep 1-3)
• Krystal Jung as Min Ji (stewardess) (ep 1)
• Ahn Jae Hong as Kim Bong Duk / Thomas, the missionary (ep 2)
• Cha Tae Hyun as Han River conman (ep 4)
• Kim Kang Hyun as policeman (ep 5)
• Park Jin Joo as ER nurse (ep 6)
• Jo Jung Suk as Yoo Jung Hoon (merman / 119 rescue worker) (ep 7, 8)
• Jung Yoo Mi as Kim Hye Jin (Jung Hoon's ex-girlfriend) (ep 8)
• Kim Sun Young as woman at the sauna (ep 11)

Production Credits

• Chief Producer: Park Young Soo
• Director: Jin Hyuk, Park Sun Ho (박선호)
• Screenwriter: Park Ji Eun

Episode Ratings

• See Legend of the Blue Sea/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

2016 SBS Drama Awards:

• Top Excellence Award for Genre & Fantasy Drama (Lee Min Ho)
• Top 10 Stars Award (Lee Min Ho & Jun Ji Hyun)
• Best Couple Award (Lee Min Ho & Jun Ji Hyun)
• Special Acting Award for Fantasy Drama (Sung Dong Il)
• Best Eating (Jun Ji Hyun)

Notes

• SBS announced that on December 29, it will not be airing the drama’s 14th episode. Instead, a special feature that stitches together popular scenes from the first 13 episodes will be shown.

External Links

• Official site
• Daum movie site
• Korean Wikipedia

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